Ms Tara Kelly > Mason Hayes & Curran LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP Offices
BARROW STREET
DUBLIN 4
D04 TR29
Ireland
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Ms Tara Kelly
Work Department
Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment
Position
Partner, Head of Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment
Career
Tara is a Partner and Head of our Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment team. She specialises in merger control, investigations, digital regulation, and foreign investment. Tara’s dedication to providing practical advice, strategic insights, and tailored solutions makes her a highly sought-after advisor across all industries.
She advises on complex merger control including Phase II investigations. She meticulously navigates the intricacies of the merger control rules to ensure favourable outcomes for clients.
Tara uniquely understands the regulatory challenges facing technology companies, bridging the gap between data protection, AI regulation, and antitrust. She advises on digital regulation, with a keen focus on the Digital Markets Act.
She also is experienced in investigations including responding to dawn raids and submitting cartel immunity and leniency applications.
With the impending Irish foreign investment screening regime, Tara is laser focused on minimising delays to completion by ensuring her clients are prepared and informed.
Prior to joining the firm, Tara practised with a top US law firm in New York and London. Her international outlook makes her highly adept at advising on cross border matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Ireland > EU and competition
(Leading partners)Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has a formidable reputation for EU and competition matters, particularly in the technology sector. It has excelled in representing multinational giants in connection with the intersection between privacy law/digital regulation and competition law. It has advised multinational tech businesses on personal data matters and in headline competition-related litigation. The firm remains active in merger control, acting for both corporates and private equity houses. In competition enforcement and competition litigation, it has appeared in a series of major cases, including the motor insurance and ticketing investigations. Tara Kelly leads the team and is an experienced figure in merger control and the crossover between digital regulation and competition law. Dorit McCann is a leading figure in procurement, while Laura Durning and Liam Heylin provide further senior firepower.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- EU and competition
- Fintech
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Information technology
- Insolvency and corporate restructuring
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment
- Pensions and employee benefits
- Public sector
- Real estate
- Telecoms
- White-collar crime